Alphabets of Africa

TOGO

ANUF3 (TCilOKOSSi) (KVVAj

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

EXAMPLES

ivi

P

/m/

m

/f/

f,v

M

b

/n/

n

/s/

s, z

N

t

W

ny

ni

1, r

Id/

d

/g/

f)

IhJ

h

IW

c

/gm/

rjm

M

w

/cfe/

J

hi

y

/k/

k

/g/

g

/kp/

kp

/gb/

gb

/i/

i

ImI

u

/e/

e

lol

o

/e/

E

/a/

a

hi

A^:/

w

W

Vn (except /e/

or/o/)

Labialization and palatalization are written as vocalic sequences.

Tones:

high
low

ny

rj

rjm

o

p

r
s
t
u

sa

bisa

caa

diedie

hue

hue

feme

gise

gbagba

hun

bi

kere

kpien

lolo

ma

na

nya

r}J

rjma

nzo

nono

pui

bara

si

fiti

ju

nvore

awuru

yandi

nzen

to draw water

to ask

dog

knife

half

sheep

chief

cotton

sandal

husband

ripe

to talk

to write

old

shade

to give

then

to have

to say

who?

seven

milk

nothing

woman

to know

to make a hole

to arrive

termite

house

to yawn

if

ALPHABET

abcde£fggbh
s t u V w y z

ijkkplmnnyggmoDpr

number of graphemes 31

Alphabets of Africa

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Published by UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar (D1<£DA)
12, Avenue Roume, B.P 3311, Dakar, Senegal

Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3 ^ {;nesco. 1993

Printed by BREDA Press